Volga - Volga (1938)

6.9/10 • 104 min • Comedy Music

Overview

Widely claimed to be Joseph Stalin's favorite movie, this classic musical comedy is a must-see. The action takes place on a steamboat on the iconic Volga River, as two groups of performers travel to Moscow to perform in the Moscow Musical Olympiad.

Cast

Lyubov Orlova

Strelka Petrova

Igor Ilyinsky

Byvalov

Vladimir Volodin

The Pilot

Pavel Olenev

The Water-Carter

Sergei Antimonov

The street sweeper

Andrei Tutyshkin

Alyosha Trubyshkin

Mariya Mironova

The Secretary (as M. V. Mironova)

Vsevolod Sanayev

The Lumberjack (as V. V. Sanayev)

Nikita Kondratyev

The Waiter (as N. S. Kondratyev)

Anatoli Shalayev

The Boy Musical Prodigy (as Tolya Shalayev)

Aleksey Dolinin

The Militia Man (as A. G. Dolinin)

Ivan Chuvelyov

The Olympiad Representative (as I. P. Chuvelyov)

Emmanuil Geller

Niki Otto

The Cooc

Vladimir Uralskiy

Ferryboat passenger

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